Reviews of Golden Hill Bungalows (Bungalow Dave's)

29 January 2012

Liked: Staff

Disliked: The borders of bungalows are so fin what you can hear every word of your neigbours. Its really noisy.anyway for those who look for the big party this place is the right one.

23 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Little bit outside, good in the nighttime, cause Phi Phi is very loud

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

22 January 2012

Liked: The staff is helpfull and kind

Disliked: the bungalows are basic and they are located in a hill and it is difficult to get there

20 January 2012

Liked: There was absolutely nothing to like about this place!!

Disliked: From stepping off the boat we absolutely loved Phi Phi, it is by far one of the best islands in Thailand. However, our experience was almost ruined by staying at Golden Hill Bungalows! We were kindly greeted at the pier by someone from the hotel who helped with our bags which was definitely needed as the trip to get to the bungalows is quite a distance. After climbing the seemingly never ending set of steps, we arrived at reception which was filthy and swarming with mosquitoes. We then had to climb even more, steep steps to get to our bungalow and were disgusted as soon as we entered the room. This is by far the worst place me and my friend have ever stayed and having been backpacking for a while, we have stayed in any places. The smell inside the tiny rooms was overpowering and it was stiflingly hot as the fan was a prehistoric machine. The worst was to come when both my friend and I woke up in the morning and was head to toe covered in bedbug bites! They were painful and itchy and meant we hadto stay infor 2 days as the heat made them worse. Needless to say we quickly checked out and found another much nicer place on the island which was slightly cheaper. Under no circumstances would I recommend to stay at Golden Hill Bungalows...... I would rather sleep on the beach than stay here!!

17 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Very nice!

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

08 January 2012

Liked: The great manager.

Disliked: Construction.

25 December 2011

Liked: Very friendly and helpful staff

Disliked: No hot water, murderous swarms of mosquitos (counted 37 bites after spending 5 minutes in the lobby), a bit remote, ugly surroundings

10 December 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Cheap compared to other places in phi phi.

Disliked: Bit far of a walk from the town centre, beach etc

27 October 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: it was cheap (but not cheaper than other better guest houses)

Disliked: the free wireless is only in reception, that means YOU CANT USE IT IF IT RAINS, because it's like on an opened balcony. rooms were clean but the whole area was filthy, it's a costruction site so there is dust everywhere and the builders start to make noise from 7 am! plus it is built on an a little dam, so at night that means 200000 million mosquitos!

16 October 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The hostel is a bit out of town, and because Koh Phi Phi is quite loud at night, this is a good thing.

Disliked: The beds are very hard, and it is a little bit of a walk to get to.

12 October 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: you got clean towels on arrival. The owner was quite friendly!

Disliked: The wifi is only available in the reception area, I would have liked it in the room. The owner doesn't seem to know much about the island which is a bit of a disappointment but you can work it out for yourselves.

07 October 2011

Liked: Tv in room was good- distracts you a little from the rest of the property. The bed was comfortable & aircon worked well.

Disliked: They had no record of our booking when we arrived so we ended up having to barter for the room (& paid more than our booking was for), bathroom was a breeding ground for Mosquitos with flywire coming of windows, Sparse room, walls were so thin we could hear our neighbor coughing... ALL night... I understand the benefit of being 'away from the party noise' but this place was too far out, and right next to a big ugly dam filed with frogs that made more noise than any of the bars we went to!

22 August 2011

Liked: It is pretty much at the end of town, so it's nice and quiet at night. Dorms small (ours was a 4 bed). Big bathroom en suite.

Disliked: It's on a building site - literally. There are construction works going on all around the property. There is NO air con - complete lies on the website! Security is appalling. There are no locks on the dorm doors. You aren't given a key. So basically anyone could walk into your dorm at any time. There is a communal area but it doesn't seem to be used. No 'atmosphere'. If you are a solo traveller I don't think you'd meet any people to hang out with here.

10 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Small number of beds per room and in quiet location so can get a good nights sleep.

Disliked: It was a good 10 minute walk from the main town area

05 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Price was great value and staff were very helpful

Disliked: Slightly dirty

27 July 2011

Liked: Obviously the price was one of the best things about the place. But you definitely have a trade-off with the location - it's about a 10min walk down to the shops/ town area and the beach. I guess it's not such a big deal if you only have to do it once a day.

Disliked: Mostly just the location and the staff.

24 July 2011

Liked: Sparking clean bathrooms, helpful staff.

Disliked: Sooooooo far. The hostel is just on the outside of the tourist village, but all the way uphill and past this sketchy abandoned construction site. No computers, and front area (including drinks) completely shut down in evenings, leaving no real hangout space.

18 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: It is a 10 minute walk from the main area so it gave us some much needed peace and quiet.

Disliked: There were a few mosquito's around due to being next to the reservior but it was not unbearable. The bungalow we were given did have a slightly funny smell to it and hot water is non existant.

04 June 2011 Marina would recommend this property

Liked: tis the only place we hv a private bathroom during our travelling. love the bungalows and the view cos we had mountain view in island. the location far from the crowd so its a gud place to relax. and the location not so far from the view point

Disliked: the location quite far from the port. No staff waiting in the port to lead us and no sign board so we hv to asking many times to find the place who located in the corner of the island.

04 May 2011 Giovanni would recommend this property

Liked: not more

Disliked: location

04 May 2011

Liked: Nive view from the bungalow, clean.

Disliked: We had an issue with the deposit at this place, when we paid it the guy working there didnt write us a receipt and so when we came to claim it back we got a very rude arugmentative guy telling us how we didnt really deserve the money as we wernt proper travellors like he was because he had staye with thai people. We wouldnt have minded as much about the money but his attitude really ruined the place and stay on phi phi island for us. It was also a bit of a trek from the centre compared to other places you could stay at.

01 May 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: It's difficult try to find good aspects about this place.

Disliked: 1. No clean place, the room smells so bad. 2. Poor quality of service to client 3. The Internet access was really slow and only in the reception area 4. The price is not mached with the quality of rooms, it's expensive 5. For the same price you can find better places

23 April 2011

Liked: cheap

Disliked: Far away from everything!!

16 April 2011 Adam would recommend this property

Liked: The room was nice and clean and had been refurbished recently.

Disliked: The water pressure of the tap was fairly weak

14 April 2011

Liked: This place has a good price comparing with the accomodation in the island. Koh Phi Phi is very touristic and the prices are higher than other places in Thailand, you can't expect a great place for little money. Own bathroom inside the room with cold shower, but it's hot there so that's fine. Free wifi. We recommend Garlic Restaurant (good prices, friendly and really good food, cheap breakfast).

Disliked: If you have to do the laundry do it before going to the island, very expensive everywhere (50thb/kg)